Multiculturalism and Core Culture

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This paper explains that multiculturalism devalues culture because people accept different languages, traditions and habits of different cultures causing depreciation of the culture as they once knew it. The author points out that a culture must continue to be alive and the focus of the people or it will eventually be lost. The paper suggests that stereotypes of different cultures are portrayed that are not even similar to the real culture, such as Chinese restaurants. The author stresses that, when there is multiculturalism in a country, there is often discrimination toward different cultures.

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"In fact, most people think of the culture as a commodity that can be sold. For instance, a Chinese restaurant portrays the country of China? Does it? Is it not actually a commodity people buy? Ricci tells how this type of commodity devalues the culture for which it stands. While many people feel going to a festival where different multicultural food is served allow them to get a taste of what life is like in different cultures, but it does not. Often many of the food offered in these festivals are not like what the common people in the culture actually eat."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Ricci, Nino. "The Simplification of Culture." Selling Illusions: The Cult of Multiculturalism in Canada. Ed. Neli Bissoondath. (1994), 78-97.
• Vlassie, Katherine. "A Proper Goodbye." Eds. Margaret Atwood and Robert Weaver. The Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories. Oxford University Press (1986), 102-120.

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